One month ago, a teenager walking home from the Potomac Ave Metro station was assaulted and robbed just a block away from the station.

A neighborhood initiative program called SafeRoutes kicked off on Monday from the hours of 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Ward 6. Neighborhood volunteers wearing yellow vests are patrolling around the Potomac Avenue Metro station to help residents get home safely.

D.C. police also said that they will also devote at least one police cruiser to patrol the area during the high-traffic area hours in hopes of stopping some of the violent crimes that have happened recently.